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Unofficial tweets from council meetings. See also @se1 @se17 @se15 @se16 @se5. Not connected with @lb_southwark. Tweets usually by @james_hatts.

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Joined July 2009
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Watch this evening's Southwark Council annual meeting - including election of @southwarkmayor and leader - here: youtube.com/watch?v=QoSeAyex…
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Cllr @BarrieHargrove (Lab, Peckham) has been elected as Mayor of Southwark @southwarkmayor for the next municipal year.
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Southwark is holding its first council assembly since lockdown this evening at 7pm - it's taking place on Zoom, with a live stream to the council YouTube channel youtube.com/southwarkcouncil
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Here's the order paper for tonight's meeting
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Tonight’s @councilassembly has a theme of homelessness and housing need. Reps from @RobesProject, @SGTOonline and @Shelter will be speaking. Plus @UpTheElephant_ deputation and more. Live video from 7. youtu.be/WKTBJDZi7BA
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Deputy mayor @BarrieHargrove in the chair for tonight’s meeting. First item is tributes to former councillor Les Alden.
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Southwark full council meeting will begin soon - official webcast here: youtu.be/RbEQJ9h3MAI
The meeting is now under way. Cllr Sandra Rhule's first ordinary meeting in the chair as @SouthwarkMayor
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After tributes to outgoing mayor @CatherineRose6, Cllr @peterjohn6 is now proposing Cllr Sandra Rhule as the next @southwarkmayor for the forthcoming municipal year
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Honorary liberty of the old Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey for @AnnabelStockman of @IlluminateSE16 #southwarkcivicawards
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Later this morning the #southwarkcivicawards, annual council meeting and mayor making ceremony takes place @Southwarkcathed
Tonight’s Southwark full council meeting is starting
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Tonight's meeting begins by a statement from @peterjohn6 in response to the terrorist attck in NZ. "In Southwark we are sadly not strangers to terrorism. We recognise tht sense of shock and disbelief that follows" - but communities united in response.
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Southwark Council's budget-setting meeting is about to begin - watch it live on the official council stream: youtube.com/watch?v=T5dbZHfV…
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Southwark councillors have unanimously passed a motion opposing TfL's plans to cut buses in central London, including withdrawal of the RV1
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Newington councillors @jamescoldwelluk and @EleanorKerslake have tonight defied the @SouthwarkLabour whip to vote with the Lib Dems on #brexit and #peoplesvote
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Newington's Cllr @JamesColdwellUK says he's going to risk disciplinary action from @SouthwarkLabour group by breaking the party whip and voting to support #peoplesvote motion
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Councillors have agreed to extend tonight's meeting to allow the #peoplesvote #brexit motion to be debated for longer. Only @karleastham voted to maintain the 10pm guillotine.
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Next up - Members' Questions, beginning with @cllr_Anood asking about @Aliceinwinter Southwark Park - watch live: youtube.com/watch?v=zEY9xmMt…
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Cllr Nick Dolezal is paying tribute to Cllr Geoff Williams - 1980s Cathedral ward councillor nitter.cf/se1/status/10627518067…
Replying to @se1
Here’s the SE1 newspaper’s interview with Geoff Williams from April 1986
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Next up - combined deputation on Alice in Winterland at Southwark Park and the more general use of parks for commercial events - watch live youtu.be/zEY9xmMtRW8
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